Can you create HttpClient read-only property and re-use it in your methods?

Question

Is there any issue with below implementation inside Blazor component? A lot of examples repeatedly use CreateClient inside every method and I am wondering if it can be handled by a property, in one place to avoid repetition.

@inject IHttpClientFactory ClientFactory

@code{
    private HttpClient Client => ClientFactory.CreateClient("api");
    private object myData;

    private async Task GetData()
    {
        myData = await Client.GetFromJsonAsync<MyClass>("endpoint");
    }
}

Answer 1

Your code is fine.

The HttpClientFactory will take care of disposal of HttpMessageHandlers.

The => syntax essentially means that you've created an Alias (left-hand side) for running code (right-hand side).

In other words, you ARE calling CreateClient inside every method, except you've made your life a little easier by using an Alias Client.